The role of AI in society and the economy is growing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a wide-ranging branch of computer science involved in developing smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. What is this technology all about? Elements of AI is a free online course created by the Finnish technology company Reaktor and the University of Helsinki. Its aim is to introduce the widest possible group of people (initially - at least 1...

Over 1.2 million students studied at Polish universities in the past academic year. Among them, 6.8% were foreigners, and the largest group of foreign students came to Poland from other European countries, as we can find out from the latest report of the Central Statistical Office (GUS) on Polish higher education. The latest GUS report on higher education The report ‘Higher Education and Its Finances in 2019’ presents data on universities, students and...

IBRIS Market and Social Research Institute carried out research on the image of Polish science both at home and abroad and subsequently organised a press conference to present its results. The surveys were conducted between October 2019 and February 2020 in Poland, the European Union, and the United States. The results were published in "White Book of the Image of Polish Science". In the US and EU, the most frequently mentioned inventions by Polish scientists are the...